Blake Stein

William Blake Stein

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 3, 1973 in McComb, MS
High School: Covington HS (Covington, LA)
School: Spring Hill College (Mobile, AL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 10, 1998
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics 1998-2002

Final Game: September 8, 2002
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1994	20	STL-min	Rk	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		JOH · APPY
1995	21	STL-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PEO · MIDW
1996	22	STL-min	A+	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPT · FLOR
1997	23	STL-OAK-min	AA	29	31	24	3	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	8	.083	.115	.125	.240		3	0	0	5	1	0		ARK,HVL · TL,SOUL
1998	24	OAK-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1998	24	OAK	AL	24	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1999	25	OAK-min	AAA	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0		VAN · PCL
1999	25	TOT	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	25	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1999	25	KCR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	26	KCR-min	AA,AAA,A+	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WCH,OMA,WMT · TL,PCL,CARL
2000	26	KCR	AL	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	27	KCR	AL	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	28	KCR-min	AA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		WCH · TL
2002	28	KCR	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	29	WSN-CLE-min	AAA,AA	21	11	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571		2	1	0	4	0	0		EDM,HRB,AKR · PCL,EL
2004	30	PIT-min	AA,AAA	44	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500		0	0	0	0	0	0		ATO,NVL · EL,PCL
5 Yrs				117	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

KCR (4 yrs)				92	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				25	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1998	24	OAK	AL	24	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$170,000	1
1999	25	OAK	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1999	25	KCR	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$207,500	1
2000	26	KCR	AL	17	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$225,000	1
2001	27	KCR	AL	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$275,000	1
2002	28	KCR	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,350,000	1
5 Seasons				117	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$2,227,500

KCR (4 yrs)				92	4	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	0	$2,057,500
OAK (2 yrs)				25	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$170,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1998	24	OAK	AL	6	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.335	.000	.425	.000	.760	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2000	26	KCR	AL	2	2	0	0.0	118		.000	.280	.000	.354	.000	.450	.000	.804	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2001	27	KCR	AL	2	2	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.274	.000	.342	.000	.440	.000	.782	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				10	10	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.341	.000	.434	.000	.774	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				14	14	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.271	.000	.341	.000	.434	.000	.774	-100	.000	-2.7	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

KCR (4 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	115	.000	.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.445	.000	.793	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
OAK (2 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.335	.000	.425	.000	.760	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1998	24	OAK	AL	6	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3			0.00	1.00	17%	50%	0.0%	0%

2000	26	KCR	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
2001	27	KCR	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
5 Yrs				10	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			2.00	2.00	30%	25%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.9%	16.8%	9.0%	8.0%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.1	7.4	0.76	1.07	70%	23%	8.3%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1998	24	OAK	AL	-1.5	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.74	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.11	-1.5	0
1999	25	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1999	25	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0
1999	25	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
2000	26	KCR	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.63	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.51	-0.6	0
2001	27	KCR	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.14	0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.99	0.1	0
2002	28	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
5 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	10	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.80	-0.2	0.1	-1.8	-0.2	0.96	-2.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1998	24	OAK	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	26	KCR	AL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	27	KCR	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1998	24	OAK	AL	6	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

2000	26	KCR	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2001	27	KCR	AL	2	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				10	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			34%			15%			53%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1998	24	OAK	AL	6	22	3.67	18	82%	17%	50%	22%	11%	83%	0%	68%	40%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	25%	0	0	0

2000	26	KCR	AL	2	8	4.00	6	75%	50%	50%	0%	0%	50%	0%	38%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2001	27	KCR	AL	2	5	2.50	3	60%	33%	0%	0%	67%	67%	0%	40%	100%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				10	35	3.50	27	77%	26%	44%	15%	15%	74%	0%	57%	40%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH
1998	24	24	6	5	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
1999	25	37	6	5	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
2000	26	54	8	7	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
2001	27	90	10	9	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
2002	28	117	10	9	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1998	24	24	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	24

2000	26	17	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17
2001	27	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
3 Yrs		77	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	77
162 Game Avg.		162	21	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	77

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